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<blockquote data-quote="Bennieb" data-source="post: 635092" data-attributes="member: 14380"><p>So, I went to my first Al-Anon meeting last night.</p><p>I have mixed feelings about it. I don't know if it was because it was half a dozen older (50+) ladies that were there dealing with their alcoholic husbands, or if it was just the first time feeling because I kind of wished I was anywhere else in the world.</p><p>They said that I should give it at least 6 weeks before I make a final judgment, but I just can't seem to shake the feeling that they will have no idea where I'm coming from when I bring up my 23yr difficult child drug addiction and other issues.</p><p>I got the impression that they were all still with their spouses and were working on themselves to learn to live harmoniously with addiction. Whereas, I am trying to learn how to detach from my destructive difficult child.</p><p>Any thoughts? Should I try to keep going, or should I try another meeting, and maybe feel a connection with a different group of people?</p><p>Just feeling like I will never find support.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bennieb, post: 635092, member: 14380"] So, I went to my first Al-Anon meeting last night. I have mixed feelings about it. I don't know if it was because it was half a dozen older (50+) ladies that were there dealing with their alcoholic husbands, or if it was just the first time feeling because I kind of wished I was anywhere else in the world. They said that I should give it at least 6 weeks before I make a final judgment, but I just can't seem to shake the feeling that they will have no idea where I'm coming from when I bring up my 23yr difficult child drug addiction and other issues. I got the impression that they were all still with their spouses and were working on themselves to learn to live harmoniously with addiction. Whereas, I am trying to learn how to detach from my destructive difficult child. Any thoughts? Should I try to keep going, or should I try another meeting, and maybe feel a connection with a different group of people? Just feeling like I will never find support. [/QUOTE]
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